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Ardor vs Earnestness - What's the difference?

ardor | earnestness | Related terms |

Ardor is a related term of earnestness.


As nouns the difference between ardor and earnestness

is that ardor is great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion while earnestness is the quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.

ardor

English

Alternative forms

* ardour (chiefly British and Canadian)

Noun

  • Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
  • Spirit.
  • Intense heat.

    • Synonyms

    * (warmth of feeling) intensity * (spirit) elan, fire in the belly, passion, zeal

    Antonyms

    * apathy

    Related terms

    () * ardent * ardency

    earnestness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
  • *:She’s joined, on the boys’ side, by Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a baker’s son whose earnestness masks a gift for strategy that Katniss lacks.